Does the Netflix series “Insatiable” promote body shaming, or does it address the damage that body-shaming can do?

Reliable SNPs could do a lot of wonderful things for medical care, but there is a dark side.

The FTO gene lives on chromosome 16 of typical humans, and some varieties of it seem to correlate with their obesity.

The scientists can now estimate the numbers of DNA variations that combine to create physical characteristics, traits, and diseases in the body.

Through innovative statistical techniques, researchers can estimate the numbers variations in DNA that affect physical traits, including childhood obesity.

This post refers back to two previous ones about “Drop Dead Diva,” a TV series based in the world of law, that seems to have been fairly controversial.

Corporate philanthropy provides an enormous amount of respectable cover for transactions that closely resemble bribery.

This post is an extension of “Drop Dead Diva,” which describes a popular television series accused of appealing to the “fatlogic” crowd.

A lot of overweight people feel like they contain a different, skinnier, secret, more desirable person beneath the layers of body fat and concealing clothing.

From all appearances, it looks like soda corporations are not helping public health one bit, despite the lucrative sponsorships they grant.

If concerned companies really want to reduce obesity, the simplest way would be to discontinue the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages.

Whatever the soda industry is doing, it’s working. Kids in the U.K. (between ages 7 and 15) spend more money on soda than they do on games, toys, and hobbies.

Brenda Fitzgerald, the former Public Heath Commissioner of Georgia and head of CDC, had owned stock in several tobacco companies, resulting in her resignation.

The Campaign to End Obesity brings together the leaders from academia, public health, industry, and the legislators, to help reverse the obesity epidemic.

More than one-third of the candy sold in England is bought on impulse. Needless to say, the industry wants no more laws or taxes.

The food industry and the retail establishment are active enablers of obesity, and this is an enormous philosophical and political issue.

In the U.K., many worried people want to do something to curb the power of the food and drink industries, whose ability to bend young minds is legendary.

To keep a healthy, normal-weight body is an ongoing challenge that requires a mindful lifestyle.

In what has been called a “rarely used budget maneuver,” CHIP’s contingency fund was rescinded, resulting in an uncertain future for the program.

Following in the footsteps of the previous two posts, this one looks at government agencies that are in danger of reduced funding or worse.

Some CDC-related obesity prevention programs have either already been impoverished or are potentially endangered by the federal budget cuts.

A number of CDC’s programs concerned with obesity might soon be on the federal government budget chopping block, if they are not already.

Spin tries to paint as significant results that are not, and endeavors to distract attention from non-significant results.

The Praxis lawsuit Childhood Obesity News discussed yesterday is by no means the only legal matter that Coke has been involved in lately.

According to some studies the differences in obesity prevalence between the U.K.’s most and least deprived areas has gotten worse.

The anti-obesity debate rages on in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including health and fitness of public school students.

Is it possible that, after a basic physical exam, the vast majority of patients afflicted with obesity should be referred to mental health professionals?

No general practitioner can effectively guide a weight loss course, because it’s time- and labor-intensive.

Is it possible that all the research into the physical qualities of food and beverages has amounted to a vast amount of wasted effort?

The SATIN project was launched to learn about the biomarkers of satiety in the human body and to search for appetite-reducing substances.